Highlights

Ilitch“Depressive Evening”

After nearly 40 years, Ilitch, a 70s experimental/Krautrock project headed by French musician Thierry Müller, will finally be releasing Un Jour Come Tant d’antes. The album, one of the group’s earliest, would have remained unreleased had Beta-lactam Ring (home to Nurse with Wound, irr. app. (ext.), Nadja, Daniel Menche) not decided to pick it up. Think Ash Ra, Schnitzler, Heldon, Schulze. The album’s out late July in a custom-made book-bound gatefold sleeve and later on limited-to-300 double vinyl.

Lip Syncing to Verme [preview]

Aaron Dilloway (Spine Scavenger, The Nevari Butchers, proprietor of Hanson, former Wolf Eyes member, dude with great hair) has released a new LP on Hundebiss Records. Titled Lip Syncing to Verme, the LP is limited to 500 and comes in an insanely beautiful, reversible artwork package. Hundebiss says this is his “last” album, but I think it means “latest.”

Meanwhile, Hanson reissued To Live and Shave in L.A.’s now-classic 30-minuten männercreme on cassette earlier this year. Holy shit.

Grimoire [full-album stream]

Kreng (a.k.a. Pepijn Caudron), whose debut album, L’Autopsie Phenomenale De Dieu, made #35 on our Favorite Albums of 2009 list, has returned with a follow-up entitled Grimoire. Extending the film noir, shuffling jazz, and surreal Badalementi-esque orchestration, Grimoire is already shaping up to be one of my favorite albums of the year so far. And I gotta be honest: I’m not even halfway through the album yet. Might as well crown “Wrak” song of the year, while I’m at it.

Dedication [full-album stream]

Zomby’s mystique is dependent on his ability to hide his identity. He covers his mug in pictures, wears masks while DJing, and sometimes doesn’t even show up to gigs (like Animal Collective’s recent ATP fest). It’s a tale as a old as time: Zomby’s resisting commodification. But what we do know about Zomby is that he’s a fantastic producer, uses hair product, and has a new album, Dedication, due July 12.

We posted the video for “Things Fall Apart” (a collaboration with Panda Bear) already, but Fact found a stream of the entire album over at German store HHV. Check it out here: